ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

Image Credit: British Library [Henry A. Oldfield, 1852]

The 17th World Sanskrit Conference will feature a full schedule of five days of scholarly papers, plenary speakers, keynotes, special panels, and workshops, in addition to numerous evening events open to the general public (For more information about these, please see HERE).

We have invited more than 600 of the foremost Sanskrit scholars from around the world to present their research findings on a wide array of topics within the discipline of Sanskrit studies. These presentations have been organized into 24 distinct Conference Sections ranging from the Vedas to Computational Sanskrit and the Digital Humanities. A full listing of the Sections and their Convenors, who are responsible for the academic quality and orderliness of each section, are listed below.

The scholarly presentations will be delivered in concurrent panels, and will be 20 minutes in length, with a 10-minute discussion/changeover, and will be delivered in Sanskrit, or in English or French, the national languages of Canada.

NOTE to presenters: Classroom facilities at UBC are equipped with built-in data projectors with PC computers, as well as HDMI & VGA ports that you may use for your presentation. Participants will have access to free Guest WiFi on the UBC Campus throughout the duration of the conference.

विभागस्य नामधेयम्

Section Name

संयोजकाः – Convenors

1.

वेदः

Veda

Shrikant Bahulkar, Joanna Jurewicz

2.

भाषाशास्त्रम्

Linguistics

Madhav Deshpande, Jan Houben

3.

व्याकरणम्

Vyākaraṇa

Malhar Kulkarni, Hideyo Ogawa, Peter Scharf

4.

रामायणं महाभारतं च

Epics

Robert Goldman, James Hegarty

5.

पुराणानि

Purāṇas

Raj Balkaran, McComas Taylor

6.

तंत्रविमर्शः

Tantra Studies

Diwakar Acharya, Michael Slouber, Judit Törzsök

7.

विध्यनुष्ठानविमर्शः

Ritual Studies

Marko Geslani, Libbie Mills

8.

काव्यमलङ्कारश्च

Poetry, Drama and Aesthetics

Lyne Bansat-Boudon, Daniele Cuneo, Elisa Ganser, C. Rajendran

9.

वैज्ञानिकं वाङ्मयम्

Scientific Literature

Bill Mak, Dominik Wujastyk

10.

बौद्धविद्या

Buddhist Studies

Stefan Baums, Mahesh & Lata Deokar, Jason Neelis

11.

जैनविद्या

Jaina Studies

Nalini Balbir, Eva de Clerq

12.

वैष्णवमतं शैवमतं च

Vaiṣṇavism and Śaivism

David Buchta, Elaine Fisher, Ajay Rao

13.

धर्मविमर्शः

Religious Studies

Christopher Austin, Travis Smith

14.

दर्शनानि, तत्त्वशास्त्रम्

Philosophy

Kengo Harimoto, Lawrence McCrea

15.

इतिहासः कलाः स्थापत्यमभिलेखशास्त्रं च

History, Art & Architecture, Epigraphy

Arlo Griffiths, Anna Slaczka

16.

संस्कृतं प्रदेशभाषाश्च

Sanskrit & Regional Languages,
(& Southeast Asia)

Andrea Acri, Whitney Cox

17.

संस्कृतशिक्षाशास्त्रम्

Sanskrit Pedagogy

Sadananda Das, Guy Leavitt

18.

आधुनिकं संस्कृतसाहित्यम्

Modern Sanskrit Writings

Hari Dutt Sharma, Deven Patel

19.

संस्कृतं विज्ञानतान्त्रिकी च

Computational Sanskrit &
Digital Humanities

Gérard Huet, Amba Kulkarni

20.

हस्तलेखविज्ञानम्

Manuscriptology

Nirmala Kulkarni, Saraju Rath

21.

धर्मशास्त्रमर्थशास्त्रं च

Law and Society

Donald Davis, Timothy Lubin

22.

योगायुर्वेदौ

Yoga and Āyurveda

Philipp Maas, Dagmar Wujastyk

23.

संस्कृतं पञ्जाबप्रदेशश्च

Sanskrit and the Pañjab

Adheesh Sathaye

24.

संस्कृतं पारसीवाङ्मयं च

Sanskrit and Indo-Persian Culture

Luther Obrock

FEATURED SPEAKERS

PLENARY SPEAKERS

We are especially pleased to announce three eminent international Sanskrit scholars who will inaugurate WSC 2018 as plenary speakers. Each has had a long and distinguished career of scholarship, erudition, and service to the international study of Sanskrit, and will help us establish a firm academic foundation for the conference.

George Cardona

Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

George Cardona

Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

KEYNOTE LECTURES

We have arranged for several notable Sanskrit scholars to deliver keynote lectures at the World Sanskrit Conference. Precise details of lectures, timings, and venues are forthcoming.

SPECIAL PANELS

Image Credit: Christie's [Nainsukh, c. 1745]

WSC2018 Special Panels

During the lead-up to the 17th World Sanskrit Conference, we held a call for SPECIAL PANELS on specific themes, topics, and issues of a pathbreaking or interdisciplinary nature. We are delighted to announce that the following special panels have been approved for inclusion into the WSC2018 Academic Programme. Further details and background information on each panel will be announced in the coming months!

EXHIBITORS & PRODUCT DEMOS

As we anticipate between 500-1000 attendees from more than 30 countries around the world, we welcome publishers, vendors, and non-profit organizations to exhibit their catalogues and solicit new publications at the 17th World Sanskrit Conference. We will have dedicated areas for exhibition located close to the chai/coffee break areas, and will further offer key opportunities for sales and brand placement at evening public events. Key details are given below:

Exhibition Dates and Times:

Days of Exhibition: Monday, July 9 - Friday July, 13, 2018; 8AM - 6PM

Assembly: Monday, July 9, 2018, 8AM - 6PM

Disassembly: Friday, July 13, 2018 by 6PM.

Costs/Deadline:

Table booking cost: $200CAD

Deadline: May 9, 2018

Conference registration is not included in booking costs; for access to panels, special events, and chai/coffee breaks, exhibitors will also need to register in the conference. Other add-ons (meal plans, excursions, etc.) must also be separately purchased through the Registration Portal.

Assistance will be provided by conference volunteers for initial assembly and final disassembly of booths, but not for daily disassembly/reassembly.

Exhibitors will be responsible for any duties or taxes incurred during shipping or sales, and will be invoiced accordingly by the 17th WSC.

To book an exhibitor's booth at WSC2018, please contact the WSC Secretariat directly at [email protected] before the deadline of May 9, 2018.

Software Expo and Demo Sessions

As part of SECTION 19, संस्कृतं विज्ञानतान्त्रिकी च (Computational Sanskrit & the Digital Humanities), we are especially excited to announce that WSC2018 will offer two kinds of hands-on Software Demonstrations/Workshops that will showcase cutting-edge tools for COMPUTATIONAL SANSKRIT as well as for practical applications in the SANSKRITDIGITAL HUMANITIES (text editing, display, data analysis, etc.). We anticipate that these two sessions will take place on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, and precise details will be communicated in the future.

Additionally, we are planning to facilitate software expo/support tables within the exhibitor's area, where software developers may offer/market their products.

If you wish to present in these demo sessions or in the software expo, please contact the WSC Secretariat directly at [email protected] before the deadline of May 9, 2018.